November 1, 2017
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Comments Off on Maths, Play and Stories
How could maths, play and stories intertwine? How could a child possibly be learning maths whilst playing with their friends, or getting read their bed time story? Maths is all around us, even where we least expect it. Parents as Teachers Parents may think the only way they can engage their children at home with […]
November 1, 2017
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Comments Off on Perspectives
Liping Ma defines the Key principles of mathematics as: • Interconnectedness • Multiple perspectives • Basic ideas • Longitudinal coherence The principle I will be focusing on in this post is the idea of multiple perspectives in mathematics. Looking into this topic I found a talk by Roger Antonsen who believes mathematics is made up […]
October 31, 2017
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Comments Off on The Nature of Mathematics
It is a common belief that nature can be understood using mathematics. Many scientists have discovered mathematical concepts and patterns in nature for example from sunflowers to snowflakes to hurricanes and galaxies. Symmetry A great example of mathematical concepts in nature is symmetry which is found in abundance in the natural world. A snowflake exhibits a […]
October 30, 2017
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Comments Off on When in doubt, change your answer?
Have you ever taken a test and put one answer down but the more you think about it, the more you think you should change your answer? Should I stick with what I originally thought or should I change it? What if I change it and my first answer is the right one, that would […]
October 30, 2017
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Comments Off on Girls Can Be Spooky Too!!
Ah yes, it’s that time of year again. Colder days, darker nights, orange-toned fashion trends and the return of the Starbucks Pumpkin Spiced Latte™. Autumn is in full swing, winter is looming and Halloween is just around the corner. Halloween brings about many questions. What will we do? Where will we go? Who will we go […]
October 30, 2017
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Comments Off on Curious Minds
We all like to question our surroundings especially if young and things don’t make much sense to you. It is fascinating to see how children approach situations and the different ways they explain it. Having my nephews around me really gets me thinking about so many different things and how they work. Children have such intuitive […]
October 30, 2017
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Comments Off on The System
Following a workshop on the idea of counter-intuitive mathematics, I was intrigued to find out more about how we can look past our intuition or gut feelings to understand mathematical concepts such as probability. I am someone who struggles to grasp this mathematical concept, as I cannot see past the black and white picture: that […]
October 29, 2017
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Comments Off on Should schools promote Scottish tradition and culture?
Having been in different primary schools, I believe that although Scottish history is taught in primary school often Scottish tradition is not thoroughly explored. Scottish Culture lies at the centre of life in Scotland (Scottish Government, p.3). Scottish culture is very well known about and respected in other countries and is why Scotland is an […]
October 29, 2017
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Comments Off on Science Vlogging
This is my first ever attempt at vlogging for the MA3 Science Module. This short video explores a variety of substances and the impact on them when they are added to water. Although the production may not be of the highest quality, the most important thing to me when I was creating this video was […]
October 28, 2017
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Comments Off on Mathematics- A Subject of Worry or Comfort?
Mathematics. One word with so much importance and relevance. One word which can either bring extreme fear or excitement. One word which is needed in society everyday yet so many people are overwhelmed when they hear it. What feeling fills you when you hear someone say “mathematics”? Does your mind fill with random equations you […]
October 27, 2017
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Comments Off on Basis Behind Belief?
In our country there would have been a period in which whatever the Pope said was what should be obeyed. For many centuries, the Ten Commandments were the ground rules. Has there not been a century when the king’s word was the final word (ever heard of Henry the 8th)? A few weeks ago in […]
October 27, 2017
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Comments Off on Poverty = Lack Of…
I don’t have a smart phone; I am poor. I live in a house with running water, a washing machine, a fridge, a freezer; I am rich. Different people would assess my situation in different ways. At this point we have to look at two different kinds of poverty: absolute poverty and relative poverty. Giddens […]
October 26, 2017
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Comments Off on Accepting The Lives Of Everyone Through Growth As A Society
Gender neutral toilets/ changing rooms? Should they be a thing? I say YES. Whilst studying the values module many topical issues such as; people living in poverty, people experiencing racism, homophobic comments or the issue of gender neutral toilets undoubtedly comes up but the question is why. Why are these things we class as ‘issues’ […]
October 26, 2017
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Comments Off on Comment on Homophobia in us all by Tricia
Really loved reading your article Cara. Very thought-provoking, particularly your comment about heterosexuals not having to come out (especially as it was National Coming Out Day recently!). Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
October 25, 2017
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Comments Off on Maths anxiety in children
Maths anxiety Heart beats faster and faster. Sweaty palms. Puzzled and confused. Everyone has some type of fear or anxiety. Imagine how you would feel when being faced with a maths question that leaves you in this state, the cause? Maths anxiety. What is maths anxiety? Maths anxiety is defined by Mark H. Ashcraft (2002) as […]
October 25, 2017
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Comments Off on 99p – Maths Behind Consumerism
During my first year placement, a key topic that I was regularly given the responsibility of planning lessons for within mathematics was budgeting. Now, within the Experiences and Outcomes documents there are various outcomes that cover this topic: MNU 2-09a – “I can manage money, compare costs from different retailers, and determine what I can […]
October 25, 2017
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Comments Off on “Can we fix it?”
When in the classroom it appears children are really innocent and do not realise what is expected of them. To some extent this is true but, without children realising, they are being socialized into what society expects them to be. Children of any age, size, race, ethnicity, gender should be allowed to be who they […]
October 25, 2017
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Comments Off on Cornelia Clark Fort
STORIES FROM DRAMA: Writing in Role (2 hours) Choose a character from the past (it doesn’t have to be a famous person). Research that character and the time that they lived. Use the drama convention visualisation to explore what it would be like to be that character. What would they hear? What would they see? Smell? Experience? […]
October 24, 2017
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Comments Off on Probability in Mathematics – to gamble or not to gamble…
Personal opinion Having never been a gambler myself I felt this was an interesting topic to cover in the Maths elective as I have always thought that the bandit/casino/dealer always wins. I have always said that I would only gamble if I had money to throw away and up to this time in my […]
October 24, 2017
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Comments Off on (10.10.17 Values) Poverty
Poverty: the word on the bottom of everyone’s cup of tea. I guess you could say I’ve lived a relatively cosy life. I’ve always had a roof over my head, food in my stomach and lights to comfort me… well, sort of. As a child, I lived in a tenement and no, not a cool […]
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